On the island of life in the jungle of death   There lived a supersonic simian with bananas on his breath   He's the king of the jungle, so don't cross paths   He'll hop down from the tree tops and give the monkey's best   He swings vine to vine without losing a leaf   He watches out for the jungle even in his sleep      He is, he is, he is the ape   He is, he is, he is so great   He is, he is, he is so grand   The greatest monkey monster in all the monkey land      Lives a life of solitude and monkey mystery   Doing monkey things in his castle in the trees   Only monkeys can stay there cause he commands them   The other animals laugh and he can't stand them   He tries so very hard but he's so misunderstood   Doing monkey things in his castle in the woods      He is, he is, he is the ape   He is, he is, he is so great   He is, he is, he is so grand   The greatest monkey monster in all the monkey land      So finally he had had enough   He had to end his monkey life that had been so tough   He had plan to save the monkey race   To built a monkey rocket and fly up into space   And they worked and worked into monkey history   And their hearts beat in unison to what the great one said   He said we will be free, this is our destiny   I said it to the heavens, monkey gods we shall be      He is, he is, he is so great   He is, he is, he is the ape   He is, he is, he is so grand   The greatest monkey monster in all the monkey land